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TYPE DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

No. 192,281. Patented .Tune'1 9,1 877.

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D. REYNOLDS.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTING-MACHINE.

'No. 192,231, Patented June 19', 1877.

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TYPE-DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

Patnted June 19, 1877.

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TYPE-DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

No. 192,281: Patented June19; 1877.

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DEXTER REYNOLDS, 'OF- ALBANY, NEW YORK.

-IMPROVEMENT 'lNaTYPBDISTRIBUTlNG @MACH-INES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192.281, dated June 19,1877 application'filed June 19, 1876.

' thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in foursheets, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, (wherein similarletters represent like parts,) making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention relates to the automatic distribution oftypes provided with nicks for subsequent use in type-setting machines.

Figure I is a perspective view of some of the movable channels andstationary ones opposite thereto. Fig. 11 is a face view of the mouthsof the stationary cells at the line X, Fig. 111, showing the fixed pinsthereon. Fig. Ill is a plan view of the machine embodying myimprovements. Fig. IV is a sectional elevation taken at line No. 1, Fig.I'll. Fig. V is a side elevation of a section of the machine.

On a base, A, preferably of iron, and of c rcular form, with three legs,I place the circular plate 13, supported and revoluble-thereon by itsV-shaped ring 0 in the groove "D. r This plate B has cut on its outeredge the ratchet E, into which engages the pawl F, which, actuated fromthe pulley Q by suitable intermediate mechanism, imparts a circularequal intermittent movement to the plate B, or such intermittentmovement can be given to the plate B by any other knownmechanicaldevice. Also, on the base A, surrounding the plate B,

I place the plate G, preferably resting on set screws B, so as to beraised or lowered, and in the plates B and G, extending from b to g, Icut grooves or channels Bl G, corresponding to the width of the side ofthe types of the font to be distributed, with a suitable allowance fortheir easy movement therethrough, the center lines of all the groovesradiating to the center of the plate B and the sides of the groovesbeing parallel thereto. At the dividing-line X, Fig. 111, between theplates B and G, the depth of the groove is about the depth of the lengthof a type, and the bottoms of all the grooves being in the same plane,the

types a short distance each side of suchdividing-line will project abovethe groove, rendering more easy the placing of the types in B andtheirremoval from'G. The grooves, B and'G are so cut as to match each otheron each full separate movement of the plate B, caused by the action ofthe pawl F on the ratchet E. ,At the mouth of each channel G at the lineX, I place one or more fixed pins, H, in different positions on each, asshown, Fig. 11, for each different character to be distributed, andaccording to any plan on which the types to be distributed are nicked;but two pins on each channel G, by the diversity of their'positions,will be found sufficient for the distribution of all the charactersdesired. The channelsG may be extended to any desirable length bycutting them through the plate M,

supported on and fastened to G, asshown,

Fig.- IV. The channels B" 1 make, preferably, about four inches inlength, so as to hold 'a full line of types from any ordinary column orpage, and in each I place the pusherjJ, actuated by the weight K,attached to the cord L, and each pusher can be drawn back and held atrest and inactive by its hooked end J, resting in the notch N. Theplates 0', bolted to the base A, with lips O passing into a groove B incut therefor, (shown in Fig. IV,) are designed to guard against thelifting of the plate B from anycause whatever. In each channel G I placethe slugs W, (shown in Fig. 1V,) against which the types can bank and bekept on their feet. Should, from carelessness or any cause, any types inthe channel B not rest on their feet, they may be restored theretobefore being presented to G by an inclined plate fastened to B, underwhich they must pass.

Having described the construction of my machine, 1 will now explain itsoperation.

The operator shoves back a pusher, J, until it is at rest, then liftinga line of types, from the column or page to be distributed, by the leadbetween it and the next line, (or, if the matter be solid, by the use ofa temporary lead,) he places such line in front of the pusher andreleases it, so as to act thereon, and repeats this operation until allthe channels B are filled or the matter to be distributed is exhausted.Motion being communicated by the pulley Q, the plate B revolves with anintermittent movement, and as each channel B comes to a channel, G, itbecomes coincident with it, and for a short period at rest, and the lineof types in B being constantly pressed forwardby the pusher J throughthe action of the weight K, it follows that when the nicks in the typesat the end of the line, or any number of succeeding ones in the sameline, correspond to the pins on the connecting coincident channel G,there being nothing to resist their passage, they instantly pass overthereto, while if the pins and nicks do not agree no action takes place.As the revolution of the plate B need not be over about once a minute,its movement is so slow that the filling of the channels B can be donewhether they are in motion or at rest.

The novelty of this machine consists in its simplicity and the peculiarconstruction and adjustment of its parts, whereby results can be hadnever before obtained, viz., the distribution from eachchannel B on eachrevolu- .tion of one or more different types into their severalappropriate receptacles G, or of several different types, as a word inItalics or small 7 caps, into one channel, G, or a number of the sametypes, as doublets or a line of quads, into one single channel, G, andthence the distribution of a greatly-increased variety of characterswith fewer channels and of a greater number of types in the same time atthe same speed.

While I have hereinbefore described what I consider the most convenientand best form of construction for operation in my machine, I

do not intend to be strictly confined thereto, for it may readily beseen that by a slight modification the operation of the machinechannel-in this latter case the feeding-channels being stationary andthe receiving-channels having an intermittent movement, the reverse ofwhat has hereinbefore been described. Further, the channels B could bemade stationary and the channels Gr provided with a ratchet, E, andactuated by a pawl, F. In other words, the operation will be the samewhether the channels B are movable and G stationary, or the reverse, orwhether channels B are provided with pushers and G with fixed pins, orthe reverse, provided only the channels into which the lines of typesare placed for distribution are provided with pushers, as described, andthe channels into which the types are to be distributed intosorts areprovided with fixed pins, as described, regardless of the fact whetherthe one or the other is stationary or movable.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A series of equidistant stationary channels,

in combination with a series of equidistant.

coincident channels, provided with a ratchet, E, actuated by a pawl, F,or their mechanical equivalents, to give them an intermittent movement,so as to cause them to become soriatim and respectively coincident withthe others, each of the channels of the series into which the types areto be distributed being provided with fixed pins, and each of thechannels in the other series into which the types are to he placed fordistribution constructed for and provided with pushers J, having amovement equal to the length of a line of types in any ordinary columnor page, and actuated by a weight, K, attached to a cord, L, or theirmechanical equivalents, substantially as described.

DEXTER REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. J. SELKIRK, ALEX. SELKIRK.

